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1、Editor-in-ChiefJohnH.ByrneDepartmentofNeurobiology&Anatomy,TheUniversityofTexasMedicalSchoolatHouston,Houston,Texas,USAVolumeEditorsVolume1LEARNINGTHEORYANDBEHAVIOURVolumeEditorRandolfMenzelInstitutfu¨rBiologie–Neurobiologie,FreieUniversita¨tBerlin,Berlin,GermanyVolume2COGNITIVEPS
2、YCHOLOGYOFMEMORYVolumeEditorHenryL.RoedigerIIIDepartmentofPsychology,WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,St.Louis,Missouri,USAVolume3MEMORYSYSTEMSVolumeEditorHowardEichenbaumDepartmentofPsychology,BostonUniversity,Boston,Massachusetts,USAVolume4MOLECULARMECHANISMSOFMEMORYVolumeEditorJ.
3、DavidSweattDepartmentofNeurobiologyandMcKnightBrainInstitute,UniversityofAlabamaatBirmingham,Birmingham,Alabama,USAFOREWORDcomprehensivereferenceworkonlearningandmemorycouldnotbebettertimedthanthis.DuringtheAsecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury,thestudyoflearningandmemorymovedfromadesc
4、riptivesciencelargelybasedonthepioneeringbehavioralanalysesofPavlov,Thorndike,Watson,Skinner,Kamin,Rescorla,andWagnertoanewmechanisticscienceofmindthatcombinesthesebrilliantbehavioralstudieswithananalysisoftheunderlyingneuralmechanisms,firstinaregionalmannerbyMilner,Tulving,Mishki
5、n,Squire,Schachter,andMorris,thenonthecellularlevel,andfinallyonthemolecularlevel.Thechallengesthatnowfacethefieldareoutlinedbythefivegreatpioneersinthestudyofmemory–theeditor-in-chiefJackByrneandtheeditorsofthesefourextraordinaryvolumes:LearningTheoryandBehavior,editedbyRandolfMe
6、nzel;CognitivePsychologyofMemory,editedbyHenryRoediger;MemorySystems,editedbyHowardEichenbaum;andMolecularMechanismsofMemory,editedbyDavidSweatt.Thechallengefacedbythecontributorstothesevolumeswastocombinethemolecularmechanismswiththeotherthreelevelsinordertoprovideacoherent,syste
7、maticallyandintellectuallysatisfyingunderstandingoflearningandmemory.Thisiscentraltothenewscienceofmind.Sincememoryisthegluethatholdsourmentallifetogether,thetopicscoveredbythesefourvolumesarecentraltoandparadigmaticforallaspectsoftheneurobiologyofmentallife,whichhasasitsgoaltheun
8、derstandingofallmentalprocessesin
